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Definition of "proposal" []

  • The act of proposing. (noun)
  • A plan that is proposed. (noun)
  • An offer of marriage. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "proposal" in a sentence
  • "The green bin proposal is part of a larger plan to help Toronto divert 70 percent of garbage from landfills by 2010."
  • "When you write "The argument that the proposal is an anti-homeless/anti-poor measure is both in contradiction to the evident facts and extremely insulting.", what facts are you talking about, and who is the argument insulting to?"
  • "The argument that the proposal is an anti-homeless/anti-poor measure is both in contradiction to the evident facts and extremely insulting."